How do you count ‘em up?

[PStone]

Lately I have noticed some cool signatures breaking down what knifes and steels are owned. Like archangel’s and TkoK83Spy’s number of models and steels. And that got me thinking how many I have. Then I started breaking them into groups based on other features. I had some fun and it really got me thinking about my collection in different ways. So I thought it might make a good thread to start and list different ways some of us count ‘em up. How many ways can one collection be tallied? Whatever grouping you can think of. Models and blade steels, country of origin, lock types, scale materials, and so on. Whatever you can think of. Post up your totals! Here are some of mine.

51 total Spydercos:
43 Folders vs 8 Fixed
20 Domestic vs 31 Imported
-20 USA
-15 Japan
-15 Taiwan
-1 China
7 Different Locks:
-22 Backlock
-7 Linerlock
-7 Compression Lock
-3 Slip Joint
-2 Frame Lock
-1 BBL
-1 Phantom Lock
Handles:
-15 G-10
-13 FRN
-8 Carbon Fiber
-5 Titanium
-4 Stainless Steel
-3 CF Laminate
-1 Bone

There are others too. But I am still tallying. Reg production vs sprint vs exclusive. Stainless vs non. Collabs vs in-house. I was already surprised by the number of G10 models I have. I went in thinking FRN dominated my collection. :spyder:

[TkoK83Spy]

Thanks for the nod! I post mine in my signature mainly to help if anyone has a question about a particular knife. Can't get too specific with my Spyderco's or every post would take up a whole page in a thread :p

Nice breakdown though! Pretty vast collection with an even more vast variety. I'll likely report back once I break down the specifics. Cool idea for a thread!

[archangel]

I have thought about grouping and counting mine by Country of Origin, by designer, by lock type, by scales material a couple of times... one day I will. Frankly speaking, I don't want to put them all on a table while my family's around. :eek: Some details I'd know by heart, some not. Thing is, I'm not sitting in front of a PC but do this on a tablet, and filling a spreadsheet on a tablet is crappy work...

[PStone]

I have thought about grouping and counting mine by Country of Origin, by designer, by lock type, by scales material a couple of times... one day I will. Frankly speaking, I don't want to put them all on a table while my family's around. :eek: Some details I'd know by heart, some not. Thing is, I'm not sitting in front of a PC but do this on a tablet, and filling a spreadsheet on a tablet is crappy work...

Ha! That’s pretty much what I did. Kids were all gone this weekend and MrsP didn’t mind. :spyder: As for the spreadsheet, good ol’ pencil and paper.

Thanks for the nod! I post mine in my signature mainly to help if anyone has a question about a particular knife. Can't get too specific with my Spyderco's or every post would take up a whole page in a thread :p

Nice breakdown though! Pretty vast collection with an even more vast variety. I'll likely report back once I break down the specifics. Cool idea for a thread!

Thanks! There’s a few models that duplicate. And 9 are are Native5s. Most of my models variety comes from overseas.

[ZrowsN1s]

6.... cases.

[SG89]

Every spyderco I've ever owned is written down on paper... I can't keep them all but I do allow them to sign the guest book lol.

[Dan In MI]

Right now, my count is simple: a Manbug and a pair of Dragonfly 2s. All have black FRN and VG-10 Wharncliffe blades. Fingers crossed that by week's end, the count will double...

[Higher]

I keep a record in Google table where I list it:
Name, model number, steel, blade type, handle material and color, special note when I bought it.
I don't write down the rest. I didn't do that much because I know a lot and remember many characteristics by heart.
For Police, I have a separate table with extended characteristics. Type of markings on the blade and other.
Now my table has a lot of rows. But this does not mean that I have so many knives. Some are now coming to me, some I gave or lost. These records just stayed there.

[DougC-3]

This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask for a long time, which I think would fit OK in this thread, if you don't mind me butting in. Does anybody use a spreadsheet in which you can list all your knives with different columns for seller, price, date of purchase, blade steel, country of origin, or anything else you want to track, like mods, lock or scale type, selling price and buyer (if you want to sell any--I've only ever sold one and swapped one, but that day will probably come, sooner or later), etc. The idea would be that you could click on the top of a column and the spreadsheet would rearrange to descending or ascending order of the entries in that column.

I keep all my papers on all knives in order by date of purchase. Once I sorted them out by blade steel and I think it was 22 types IIRC :o (like I really need all those types for all the things I do, like slice onions and so forth).

[vivi]

I don't keep track of much, but I do tend to keep in mind how many of a given model I have. I like to have back-ups to all my favorite gear, whether pocket knives, tents or water filters.

Right now I've got 3 Street Beats, 3 Chiefs, 3 Manix XL's, 4 Pacific Salt 2's and 4 Police folders.

[Worm]

I use an Excel spreadsheet to track model, steel type, known HRC (from forums or social media), handle material, color, sprint run, specifics like hollow grinds or custom modifications ...
I like accurate data, so I measured edge length, overall length and weight myself.

That helps me to find holes in the collection to justify new acquisitions ... :D and keep me away from buying anything I will probably not use because I have a similar model.

Current status:
28 Spydercos - 21 different models - 13 different steels
20 folders - 2 fixed blades - 6 kitchen knives

[bearfacedkiller]

I don’t count. I don’t really want to know. I am still in denial that I am a collector. I am sure I am well into the triple digits for Spyderco folders. I have a pile of fixed blades as well of which at least 20 are Spydercos.

[aicolainen]

For someone who still identifies as a user, there is only one way to count them; too many :D

[Doc Dan]

It makes me tired trying to think of all I have, some here, some back home. Maybe I should sell them all and buy something like a house!

[yablanowitz]

There's my boat as well. I don't count them because I can't count that high. If I lay them all out at once for a photo, it would have to be taken from space. And I'm certain that I've spent more accumulating them than I did on my mobile home (and probably my car as well).

[curlyhairedboy]

I don't like to let the collection get too big - in my mind, every knife deserves some use. If I notice a few models gathering dust instead of dings, I need to find a better home for them. As seen in my signature, I usually have a decent rotation going, but that's also impacted by seasonal concerns.

[archangel]

Oooookay, here we go:
8 fixed blades (3 kitchen knives) vs 32 folders
11 sprints or exclusives vs. 27 regular production + 2 one-time production (= the 2 Mules)
24 inhouse designs vs. 16 collaborations
4 China made // 3 from Italy // 9 from Japan // 9 USA made // 14 Taichung Taiwan // 1 Taiwan other
Scales: 1 Aluminium // 1 Micarta // 5 laminated CF // 8 FRN // 9 G10 // 6 Ti // 2 Ti & G10 // 2 Paracord Wrap // 3 Stainless Steel // 2 Polypropylene // 1 Plastic
8 backlocks // 6 CompLock // 6 frame lock // 8 non-locking/slipjoint // 8 n.a. (fixed blade) // 1 CBBL // 1 phantom // 1 liner // 1 button CompLock

That's it. All done on my tablet. Actually quite feasible.

[aicolainen]

It makes me tired trying to think of all I have, some here, some back home. Maybe I should sell them all and buy something like a house!

That's exactly why I even bother to have a very basic list. They're spread out everywhere, so I sometimes forget what I have - or at least should have.
I'm not too pedantic about that list, so I regularly notice one or two missing when I open it to add or remove a knife, but it's better than no control at all.

[JMM]

I'm a bit OCD but I generally stopped trying to keep an exact head-count once I crossed into triple digit territory... I do keep them organized by origin using the larger SpyderPacks.... so I have a Seki pack, a Taichung pack, a couple Golden, etc. Then within the packs I arrange by model, all the Manix2's stay together, as do the Shaman, etc. Good thread, curious to hear more of what other folks are doing. Not to derail things but I've been wanting to come up with a cool way to display them (not all, perhaps 75-100) and I'm super eager to hear if anyone has anything to share on that front... :D

[Evil D]

I might break it down a bit more but honestly I've got something like:

2-3 dedicated favorite users

~50 that collect dust

~5-6 that may actually be worth something more than I paid for them someday